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Nazi Women: The Attraction of Evil
The Nazis believed their mission was to 'masculinize' life in Germany. Hermann Goering told women, 'Take a pot, a dustpan and a broom, and marry a man,' but many still became active participants in murder and mayhem.
From the Reich Bride Schools through the Bund Deutscher Mädel and the bizarre Lebensborn Aryan breeding programme to the brothels of the Sicherheitsdienst , this book covers the lives of women in the Third Reich, concentrating on those who sought personal power and influence amid the chaos and death.
From the Reich Bride Schools through the Bund Deutscher Mädel and the bizarre Lebensborn Aryan breeding programme to the brothels of the Sicherheitsdienst , this book covers the lives of women in the Third Reich, concentrating on those who sought personal power and influence amid the chaos and death.
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First published August 15, 2014
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November 14, 2014
At times I felt like I was reading a gossip magazine you see while waiting in line at the grocers. The author makes such personal descriptions of people it makes it hard to value the historical data that is wrapped up in this warped book. The worst quality, for me, being his descriptions of how the nazi women looked reflecting their inner personalities and actions (I.e. Beauty is good, ugly is cruel). Furthermore, the book felt like a bunch of short essays shoved together only partially organized into a semblance of a storyline... The book was all over the place and at times felt like the author was just writing more so there would be more pages. The writing was easy to follow and it was a simple read, but if you're craving unbiased history find another book!
October 25, 2023
Coulda, shoulda been better than it was. Very interesting topic, good start and then -- for me -- just sort of fizzles out before halfway through and it never regains it's A-level form. Perhaps a different author might have done a better, more consistent job, but there's pure speculation. It's not a bad book. It just seems very uneven and gave me the feel that there was a lot that could and/or should have been added, edited, etc., that would have made this a more comprehensively successful book.
Nonetheless, valid subject with few authors or books addressing it and with this book being above average. Thus, if this is an area of interest for you, it's recommended. However, if you're just bored and looking around for something different, I'd keep moving on for an alternate choice.
Nonetheless, valid subject with few authors or books addressing it and with this book being above average. Thus, if this is an area of interest for you, it's recommended. However, if you're just bored and looking around for something different, I'd keep moving on for an alternate choice.
June 27, 2021
Mielenkiintoinen kirja, mielenkiintoisesta aiheesta. Tässä luultavasti ainoa syy miksi se kolme tähteä ansaitsee.
Kieli on fanaattista, eikä natsivihakaan ole tarpeeksi kattava syy, jotta teksti ei vaikuttaisi lapsellisen melodramaattiselta. Useita saksalaisia nimiä on kirjoitettu väärin, osa kieliopillisesti ja toiset arbiträärisesti. Lisäksi lukukokemusta haittaavat kirjoitus- tai näppäilyvirheet, jotka saavat tekstin vaikuttamaan huolittelemattomalta, jopa hutaistulta.
Toisaalta kirja tarjoaa dramaattisuutensa avulla myös viihdyttävän elementin, joka piti kieltämättä mielenkiinnon yllä. Historialliseksi tutkielmaksi kirja ei kelpaisi paranneltunakaan, mutta aiheesta kiinnostuneelle se luo laajan kuvan naisten asemasta Natsi-Saksassa, ja on täten hyvä johdattelu aiheeseen.
Kieli on fanaattista, eikä natsivihakaan ole tarpeeksi kattava syy, jotta teksti ei vaikuttaisi lapsellisen melodramaattiselta. Useita saksalaisia nimiä on kirjoitettu väärin, osa kieliopillisesti ja toiset arbiträärisesti. Lisäksi lukukokemusta haittaavat kirjoitus- tai näppäilyvirheet, jotka saavat tekstin vaikuttamaan huolittelemattomalta, jopa hutaistulta.
Toisaalta kirja tarjoaa dramaattisuutensa avulla myös viihdyttävän elementin, joka piti kieltämättä mielenkiinnon yllä. Historialliseksi tutkielmaksi kirja ei kelpaisi paranneltunakaan, mutta aiheesta kiinnostuneelle se luo laajan kuvan naisten asemasta Natsi-Saksassa, ja on täten hyvä johdattelu aiheeseen.
September 4, 2022
As the title implies, this is a book about the role women played in the mass crimes committed by the Germans under Nazism. However, it begins slowly, with a recapitulation of the purported sexual dysfunction of Adolph Hitler, his childhood as well as his misogynist beliefs. That is old territory and could have been reduced in a historical rendering of what women did during the brief existence of the Third Reich.
Students of history will find nothing really new in this book, yet it is still important in a world where there are still vocal deniers of the Holocaust. While many women did engage in passive resistance to the Nazi movement and a few were active, there were more that were willing and eager direct participants in the organized killing of the undesirables.
To understand this, all you have to do is read the quote from the unrepentant Nazi Traudi Schneider after she was tried and convicted as a war criminal. A camp guard that herded naked, terrified and helpless women and children into the gas chambers, she said, “With Nazism I was somebody. Afterwards, I was nothing.” No more accurate and concise statement of explanation of why the women and men of Germany went along with Nazism can be made.
Even though the content of this book is not new, it demonstrates how vast numbers of people will set aside all moral bearings and compassion for others in order to “fit in” with what is happening around them.
Students of history will find nothing really new in this book, yet it is still important in a world where there are still vocal deniers of the Holocaust. While many women did engage in passive resistance to the Nazi movement and a few were active, there were more that were willing and eager direct participants in the organized killing of the undesirables.
To understand this, all you have to do is read the quote from the unrepentant Nazi Traudi Schneider after she was tried and convicted as a war criminal. A camp guard that herded naked, terrified and helpless women and children into the gas chambers, she said, “With Nazism I was somebody. Afterwards, I was nothing.” No more accurate and concise statement of explanation of why the women and men of Germany went along with Nazism can be made.
Even though the content of this book is not new, it demonstrates how vast numbers of people will set aside all moral bearings and compassion for others in order to “fit in” with what is happening around them.
June 14, 2015
As I have stated in previous reviews of works of similar nature, I simply don't have the ability to read anymore about the Holocaust and WWII after having a child of my own. It is so hard to not imagine it could be your own child, and it makes me want to vomit.
That being said, I began this with some trepidation, not wanting to read about the specific atrocities these monstrous women committed, but more so looking for a kind of study on the type of women who were enthralled by Hitler and his Thousand Year Reich. Unfortunately, it seems that there was no type; it was about empowerment after what were honestly unfair reparations from WWI, a war Germany didn't even start. And these women apparently did not read the fine print, as Hitler and his cronies had no intention of truly empowering them to do anything more than cook, clean, and have perfect little Aryan babies.
Now, I am typically not one to support the notion of an eye for an eye, but I cannot express enough how disgusted and angry I am that so many of the women who worked in the camps especially were able to assimilate back into normal civilian life. They were murderers who escaped justice and I can only hope the rest of their lives were miserable.
The book itself reads kind of strangely. It is more like a collection of mini biographies of various women and their involvement in the Reich. There are sections devoted to Hitler's relationship to them, most fleeting, none actually important to him. I just can't understand how this pathetic, ugly (meant both inside and out) little man could have inspired such frenzies.
This is a very short volume and really is nothing more than a general look. For that I am grateful. I don't want to know any more about these women then I already do, specifically their cruelty and the acts they perpetrated on their youngest, smallest victims. However, for someone who may be able to handle this better than I without wanting to cry, it will be lacking.
One of the biggest distractions while reading were random snippets of text in bigger, bolded font throughout. It literally added nothing to the text, as it was not additional info or quotes or facts. It was simply a sentence taken from a regular paragraph and made bigger. It was not even always the most important idea from a particular page, and very early on I just quit reading them.
The pictures were interesting, but sometimes odd choices. I realize there may not be photos of some of the women anymore, but it would have been helpful perhaps if the photos were included in the section the woman was written about.
Overall, it is not a terrible work, though it is written about some of the worst people to ever live. These women were part of a regime that brutalized, tortured, and murdered millions of innocent men, women, and children. If anyone could ever be classified as sub-human, it is this group, along with their male counterparts, and most certainly not the people against whom they committed these crimes. But the work is also by no means authoritative. Additionally, there were sections at the end I just could not read due to their content regarding the camps. This would not be a terrible supplemental reading, but not one I would look to first on this topic.
That being said, I began this with some trepidation, not wanting to read about the specific atrocities these monstrous women committed, but more so looking for a kind of study on the type of women who were enthralled by Hitler and his Thousand Year Reich. Unfortunately, it seems that there was no type; it was about empowerment after what were honestly unfair reparations from WWI, a war Germany didn't even start. And these women apparently did not read the fine print, as Hitler and his cronies had no intention of truly empowering them to do anything more than cook, clean, and have perfect little Aryan babies.
Now, I am typically not one to support the notion of an eye for an eye, but I cannot express enough how disgusted and angry I am that so many of the women who worked in the camps especially were able to assimilate back into normal civilian life. They were murderers who escaped justice and I can only hope the rest of their lives were miserable.
The book itself reads kind of strangely. It is more like a collection of mini biographies of various women and their involvement in the Reich. There are sections devoted to Hitler's relationship to them, most fleeting, none actually important to him. I just can't understand how this pathetic, ugly (meant both inside and out) little man could have inspired such frenzies.
This is a very short volume and really is nothing more than a general look. For that I am grateful. I don't want to know any more about these women then I already do, specifically their cruelty and the acts they perpetrated on their youngest, smallest victims. However, for someone who may be able to handle this better than I without wanting to cry, it will be lacking.
One of the biggest distractions while reading were random snippets of text in bigger, bolded font throughout. It literally added nothing to the text, as it was not additional info or quotes or facts. It was simply a sentence taken from a regular paragraph and made bigger. It was not even always the most important idea from a particular page, and very early on I just quit reading them.
The pictures were interesting, but sometimes odd choices. I realize there may not be photos of some of the women anymore, but it would have been helpful perhaps if the photos were included in the section the woman was written about.
Overall, it is not a terrible work, though it is written about some of the worst people to ever live. These women were part of a regime that brutalized, tortured, and murdered millions of innocent men, women, and children. If anyone could ever be classified as sub-human, it is this group, along with their male counterparts, and most certainly not the people against whom they committed these crimes. But the work is also by no means authoritative. Additionally, there were sections at the end I just could not read due to their content regarding the camps. This would not be a terrible supplemental reading, but not one I would look to first on this topic.
December 4, 2017
Was like reading a series of essays and potted biographies of prominent Nazi women, including the "leadership elite", a label that should never be applied to such a sick and evil bunch of people.
Maybe that's how such a book has to be, but it lacks flow. Would be half-decent as a reference source for someone embarking on some preliminary research into Nazism in the 20th century.
The book seeks to portray just how much the party controlled all aspects of life in Germany and its occupied territories. It highlights the crassness and cruelty of the regime, although I'm not sure how any book on the subject wouldn't.
As always, when reading about the Nazis, I never fail to be astounded and shocked by the atrocities they perpetrated, which is all the more harrowing because really it wasn't all that very long ago.
The book doesn't really concentrate on lurid detail around such deeds, although Chapter Eight; The Gentle Sex? does describe some disgustingly vile events carried out by women.
Maybe that's how such a book has to be, but it lacks flow. Would be half-decent as a reference source for someone embarking on some preliminary research into Nazism in the 20th century.
The book seeks to portray just how much the party controlled all aspects of life in Germany and its occupied territories. It highlights the crassness and cruelty of the regime, although I'm not sure how any book on the subject wouldn't.
As always, when reading about the Nazis, I never fail to be astounded and shocked by the atrocities they perpetrated, which is all the more harrowing because really it wasn't all that very long ago.
The book doesn't really concentrate on lurid detail around such deeds, although Chapter Eight; The Gentle Sex? does describe some disgustingly vile events carried out by women.
January 26, 2019
I seriously went into this expecting a more pulpy/tabloid kindof read, but what I got was phenomenal. This filled in a lot of background in the time period for me; it is the stuff of a women's movement. They were hungry for it. They believed this was the time, and many gave all to the election of the party only to lose more rights in a government that had no place for women outside of the home and motherhood. It is interesting to see how many different ways the ambitious ones found around this rule to success, and how the more ruthless ones wedged themselves into the military even without being officially sanctioned. - There were so many stories of so many individual women from all different sides of the war. There were stories of female organized Third Reich recruitment and outing groups (unofficial), protest groups, and resistance movements. It also covers the results of enforced motherhood and the devastation of the war.
I'm glad I gave this book a chance. I'd passed it by a few times. That'll teach me.
I'm glad I gave this book a chance. I'd passed it by a few times. That'll teach me.
April 6, 2021
This is not a book for serious historians. I also wouldn’t recommend reading it at face value, or reading it without a good prior knowledge of Nazi Germany.
However, it does something that many of the top historical works fail to... it’s easy to read and digestible, keeping you engaged. I’m sure you could use it in an essay if only to refer to it as an unreliable source.
Enjoyed is never the right word to use when reading about this particular period of history, but it certainly wasn’t a trial to read, and I left feeling far more moved and affected than if I had been reading the typical scholarly works.
However, it does something that many of the top historical works fail to... it’s easy to read and digestible, keeping you engaged. I’m sure you could use it in an essay if only to refer to it as an unreliable source.
Enjoyed is never the right word to use when reading about this particular period of history, but it certainly wasn’t a trial to read, and I left feeling far more moved and affected than if I had been reading the typical scholarly works.
January 14, 2018
Fascinating book on the role of women in Nazi Germany. Were they innocent of the crimes going on or were they participants. Very well researched, with lots of facinating details. It added to the things I'd read in other books and expanded my views of what happened. Very interesting.
January 15, 2018
Mielenkiintoinen aihe, mutta mutta. Kirjassa oli joku pahasti pielessä. Jotenkin rakenne ja kirjoitustyyli teki kirjasta kaikkea muuta kuin miellyttävän lukea. Harmi. Mutta aihe jäi mieleen ja ehkä palaan tähän vielä.
March 5, 2021
I like books that present facts and testimonials that are documented and thst leave personal observations out of the text. Unfortunately at times the author injects opinions. Thought it was well worth reading. Wonder how we would have responded if under the same circumstances?
July 12, 2016
A good read with some fascinating stuff on the women that were hanging out with evil dictators in Germany during World War Two
November 3, 2016
Very well written and excellent research, a number of times I felt the closing of ones throat and the tear ducts pool.
April 3, 2019
Packed with information but seriously lacking in internal cohesion. Feels like a collection of precariously connected short essays. Chapters and sections turn very snippet-like towards the end.
November 14, 2021
This is not a well-written book. Parts are repetitive as well.
April 30, 2022
Tak nějak jsem nepochopila to nízké hodnocení na goodreads. Zajímavé je, že u nás na databázi ta hodnocení jsou zcela opačná a hodnocení je velmi vysoké. Když jsem se tedy dala do čtení komentářů s nízkým hodnocením .... chytala jsem se za hlavu a to jako vážně... velký počet čekal román.. a to není.. hovoří se o ženách... nacistkách... v angličtině měla kniha i název Nacistky... tedy logicky bude o nich, o těch nejvýznamnějších a vlivu žen na nacismus... takže populárně naučná forma... už i ten formát o tom vypovídal... další kritikou bylo.. že to nedokáží číst, protože mají děti a tak už nedávají knihy o válce, čili za 1*... ehm... a tak nějak podobně a tím pádem hodnota knihy spadla na 3,6.... hmmm
Ano, kniha je náročná a tím, že těch faktů je doopravdy hodně a někdy je to takové hrnutí hráběmi. Člověk se potřebuje rozdýchat a udělat si pauzu nebo to číst po částech. Nicméně, není pravda, podle kritiky.. že je to takové tlachání o ničem, neověřená fakta a jak mohl autor vědět, že někdo byl krásný a bla bla... vzadu jsou zdroje, dost si toho prošel, nastudoval, udělal si rešerše... není to vycucané z prstu... prostě některé věci byly všeobecně známé... a bylo to v rámci propagandy, bylo to v různých novinách a spoustě zápisků, takže další lichá kritika...
Kniha naopak je nabouchaná spoustou zajímavých faktů, která vede ke spoustě zajímavým zjištěním... třeba o současném Borisovi Johnsonovi a také k zamyšlení....
Bod A....psychologicky mě zajímá, jak je možné, že dokázali tolik ženských tak snadno zfanatizovat, že dělaly, co dělaly, byť jim s prominutím srali na hlavu? To chování bylo doopravdy zajímavé.
Bod B.... jak to ten Hitler udělal, že po něm ženy šílely a jakože ze střední vrstvy... když on byl skrček, napůl plešatý, bez peněz , necharismatický, nehezký a nutno říct, že ženy za ním lítaly ještě dřív, než měl nějaké postavení? Ano, psychopat, manipulátor, narcis, hystrion, hraniční porucha asi rejstřík rozsáhlý, ale ... stejně bych chtěla znát odpověď.. nějaké logické psychologické vysvětlení, protože mi to nejde na rozum...
No a pak to, co naservírovaly ženám... hmmm... už víte, odkud ještě na přelomu století 21. dost mužů posílalo do kuchyně? V reálu to má jádro pudla úplně někde jinde a kór by to nemělo mužům procházet.
Další bod...za vším hledej ženu... není to hláška jen tak... nikdy nebyla. Za úspěchem muže byla žena, podle toho jaké mu udělá zázemí, kam se vrací a také kam muže nacpe. Bylo tomu tak vždy, je tomu tak i dnes a bylo tomu tak i za války... takže... pokud se celou dobu ukazovalo jen na ty děsné nácky chlapy,... poněkud se opomnělo na ženy. Kromě vyjímek vesměs nebyly po válce trestány... hmmm a jak kniha poukazuje... tisíce žen Německa nebyly ve vleku, ale byly agitátorkami a spousta věcí byla právě z jejich hlav... překvapivě dokonce i Heydrich by asi nezfanatizoval bez své manželky... a manželka nakonec zůstala zcela nepotrestána, věděli jste?
Těch zajímavých věcí tam je spousta. Má i dobrou obrazovou část. Každá kapitola má podkapitoly a odstavce, sekce a další členění. Já se v něm orientovala... nevím, jak tomu bylo v zahraničí,ale v češtině je kniha dle mého přehledná.
Samozřejmě.. pokud hledáte něco ve stylu Nejšťastnějšího muže na Zemi tak se této knize vyhněte obloukem, pokud se zajímáte i o fakta a zvládnete je i v nerománové podobě.. vřele doporučuji.
Ano, kniha je náročná a tím, že těch faktů je doopravdy hodně a někdy je to takové hrnutí hráběmi. Člověk se potřebuje rozdýchat a udělat si pauzu nebo to číst po částech. Nicméně, není pravda, podle kritiky.. že je to takové tlachání o ničem, neověřená fakta a jak mohl autor vědět, že někdo byl krásný a bla bla... vzadu jsou zdroje, dost si toho prošel, nastudoval, udělal si rešerše... není to vycucané z prstu... prostě některé věci byly všeobecně známé... a bylo to v rámci propagandy, bylo to v různých novinách a spoustě zápisků, takže další lichá kritika...
Kniha naopak je nabouchaná spoustou zajímavých faktů, která vede ke spoustě zajímavým zjištěním... třeba o současném Borisovi Johnsonovi a také k zamyšlení....
Bod A....psychologicky mě zajímá, jak je možné, že dokázali tolik ženských tak snadno zfanatizovat, že dělaly, co dělaly, byť jim s prominutím srali na hlavu? To chování bylo doopravdy zajímavé.
Bod B.... jak to ten Hitler udělal, že po něm ženy šílely a jakože ze střední vrstvy... když on byl skrček, napůl plešatý, bez peněz , necharismatický, nehezký a nutno říct, že ženy za ním lítaly ještě dřív, než měl nějaké postavení? Ano, psychopat, manipulátor, narcis, hystrion, hraniční porucha asi rejstřík rozsáhlý, ale ... stejně bych chtěla znát odpověď.. nějaké logické psychologické vysvětlení, protože mi to nejde na rozum...
No a pak to, co naservírovaly ženám... hmmm... už víte, odkud ještě na přelomu století 21. dost mužů posílalo do kuchyně? V reálu to má jádro pudla úplně někde jinde a kór by to nemělo mužům procházet.
Další bod...za vším hledej ženu... není to hláška jen tak... nikdy nebyla. Za úspěchem muže byla žena, podle toho jaké mu udělá zázemí, kam se vrací a také kam muže nacpe. Bylo tomu tak vždy, je tomu tak i dnes a bylo tomu tak i za války... takže... pokud se celou dobu ukazovalo jen na ty děsné nácky chlapy,... poněkud se opomnělo na ženy. Kromě vyjímek vesměs nebyly po válce trestány... hmmm a jak kniha poukazuje... tisíce žen Německa nebyly ve vleku, ale byly agitátorkami a spousta věcí byla právě z jejich hlav... překvapivě dokonce i Heydrich by asi nezfanatizoval bez své manželky... a manželka nakonec zůstala zcela nepotrestána, věděli jste?
Těch zajímavých věcí tam je spousta. Má i dobrou obrazovou část. Každá kapitola má podkapitoly a odstavce, sekce a další členění. Já se v něm orientovala... nevím, jak tomu bylo v zahraničí,ale v češtině je kniha dle mého přehledná.
Samozřejmě.. pokud hledáte něco ve stylu Nejšťastnějšího muže na Zemi tak se této knize vyhněte obloukem, pokud se zajímáte i o fakta a zvládnete je i v nerománové podobě.. vřele doporučuji.
June 9, 2020
Written for a young adult audience, this book gives an overview of the various roles that women played during Hitler's Third Reich. With various case histories, he covers the Kinder, Kuche und Kirche expectations for the the ordinary woman, the leaders for the Nazi women's organizations, wives of the Nazi elite, German film stars, citizen resisters, and willing accomplices in the concentration camps and settlement of acquired territories. Using many British and German sources, this book sometimes has the feel of a gossip column. This only illustrates how the Third Reich effectively used its propaganda machine to shape and maintain its desired feminine culture.
October 4, 2022
Kniha poskytuje zajímavý náhled na různé typy žen, které se okolo Hitlera pohybovaly, ať už to byla samotná Eva Braunová, manželky či milenky jeho nacistických pohlavárů a přívrženců, až po fanatické stoupenkyně, které se mu snažily co nejvíce přiblížit.
V některých pasážích knihy mě doslova mrazilo z toho, co byly ženy schopné dělat a je velká škoda, že na některé ženy se více nezaměřuje i výuka na středních školách, jelikož to byly dle mého názoru osoby, které sehrály ve vývoji této odporné ideologie docela důležitou roli. Jsem moc ráda, že se mi tato kniha dostala do rukou a mohla jsem si opět rozšířit obzory.
V některých pasážích knihy mě doslova mrazilo z toho, co byly ženy schopné dělat a je velká škoda, že na některé ženy se více nezaměřuje i výuka na středních školách, jelikož to byly dle mého názoru osoby, které sehrály ve vývoji této odporné ideologie docela důležitou roli. Jsem moc ráda, že se mi tato kniha dostala do rukou a mohla jsem si opět rozšířit obzory.
November 8, 2022
I am fascinated with everything about the Nazi era. What stands out most to me in this book is the author's concise delivery without unnecessary detail for the most part. He is able to compose a brief summary on the key players and literally everything. I never mind repetition because it stresses the point and I am better able to absorb with reiteration. I am anxious to read more by this author as he has other books regarding the same topic. In addition he includes a good number of pictures.
August 20, 2025
Who were the women in Nazi Germany, that lived during WW2? This book takes the look at all the types of women whose goal was to "masculinize" the men to conquer the world. Looking at the society that sought personal influence of Hitler, to the mothering images of home life, children, kitchen, and church.
individual power women of the Third Reich are examined in this era. Starting with the women who gave the rise of Nazism to those who opposed war.
individual power women of the Third Reich are examined in this era. Starting with the women who gave the rise of Nazism to those who opposed war.
February 28, 2018
A fabulous insight
This book confirms what most of us knew or suspected that many German women looked the other way out of self preservation whereas so many not only knew what was happening but agreed with and even took part in the atrocities. These are the same kind of women who fall in love with inmates of death row. Highly recommended. Well written.
This book confirms what most of us knew or suspected that many German women looked the other way out of self preservation whereas so many not only knew what was happening but agreed with and even took part in the atrocities. These are the same kind of women who fall in love with inmates of death row. Highly recommended. Well written.
June 6, 2019
Snaha o určitou koncepci a stavbu knihy trochu smazává přehršel sebraných klípků a drbů. Je vidět, že autor pracoval s mnoha zdroji, ale i přes veškerou snahu se mu je nepodařilo utřídit v jedno kompaktní a přehledné dílo. Pracuje se zde s mnoha zajímavými náměty a myšlenkami, které by chtěli dotáhnout do konce. Za přečtení ale stojí.
October 25, 2017
I felt that the book was fairly well researched. However, I thought it pertinent that Winnifred Wagner probably had a child from Hitler (not mentioned) and Rhome was shot by Hitler’s own hand (?). I was disgusted by the murder of the children. God help us if history really does repeat itself.
December 19, 2018
Interesting read.
January 6, 2020
Mostly bios on famous Nazi women and info on the general German thoughts on women (at least in this author's opinion?). Not hugely helpful, but it was okay.
December 21, 2020
Interesting book
I was surprised by the number of women who served in the different branches of the nazi military and the things they did.
I was surprised by the number of women who served in the different branches of the nazi military and the things they did.
March 22, 2025
Was interesting.
October 7, 2025
A decent enough over view. Plenty of vinettes to give a more personal look. However, I was hoping for more details about the broad aspects of Nazi women.
January 3, 2015
A very general work. The author delves briefly into the lives of a large number of women he uses as examples of German women. He spends some time on Hitler and his relationship with various women. Most of the women he spends some small attention on were not typical as the wives of leaders or movie starlets courted by the powerful. He also talks very briefly about the women who were put to death after the war after being prison guards. He spends some time talking about women in Germany in general and then his number of examples are woven into the narrative.
A simple and easy read. If you want a very general and somewhat gossipy overview of women in Nazi Germany this is probably just the thing you want to check out.
A simple and easy read. If you want a very general and somewhat gossipy overview of women in Nazi Germany this is probably just the thing you want to check out.
February 2, 2021
I was given this book as a gift, which I always appreciate. I was not impressed with the writing itself. As a historian, I like a book filled with facts and details. This one had some facts and details, but mostly was full of short snippets about people and ideals. It wasn't really written like a proper historiography, which I had hoped it would be. However, it was an interesting read while I was waiting for my daughters to get finished with dance class. The motivation of people to participate in atrocities is of great interest to me, and I certainly cannot be negative about a gift.
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